The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is ...

After more than ten years in space, the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially said goodbye to its Gaia spacecraft. On 27 ...

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...

After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

"This discovery upends conventional wisdom, as such powerful jets are almost exclusively found in elliptical galaxies, not ...

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

The ice giant officially joins the lineup of planets with auroras, completing the set of all eight planets in the Solar ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.